Things Are Shaking Out
News today that Terry Francona will have Mike Cameron start in CF and Jacoby Ellsbury in LF. With that and yesterday's Adrian Beltre news, the Red Sox line-up looks like this:
c - Victor Martinez (.912 OPS)
1b - Kevin Youkilis (.961)
2b - Dustin Pedrois (.819)
3b - Adrian Beltre (.683)
ss - Marco Scutaro (.789)
lf - Jacoby Ellsbury (.770)
cf - Mike Cameron (.795)
rf - J.D. Drew (.914)
dh - David Ortiz (.794)
In other news, www.prospectinsider.com is reporting the Red Sox are close to trading Casey Kotchman to the Seattle Mariners.
This line-up isn't as good as last year's edition and can only hope to score as many runs as 2009. That said, if Ortiz can hit like he did the last 4 months last year, Beltre benefits from hitting at Fenway vs. Safeco and a full season of Martinez instead of Varitek might keep things closer than one might think, but a many things have to fall correctly for that to be the case.
I still think this team needs a boffo bat, but with the salary committed thus far, I'm not sure we're going to see in in 2010 and expect hitting help will arrive in 2011.
Comments
Other than wall-balls, there should not be a gapper that falls in between the three of them. Cameron can shade towards right a bit with Ellsbury in left, Drew is decent enough.
I think they should keep the batting order in the order you posted too Andy, keep Papi batting 9th :(
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January 5, 2010 05:34 PM
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